suitor
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriageOne who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
» Mary had many suitors.
Meaning
4 sensesOne who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
Freier, Liebeswerber
покло́нникpoklónnik, покло́нницаpoklónnica, кавале́рkavalér
a man who courts a woman
(broadly)A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
A party to a suit or litigation.
One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Examples
19 sentencesMary had many suitors.
The barfly dryly brushes off suitors.
Her suitors were all after her money.
deIhre Freier waren alle hinter ihrem Geld her.
She turned down all of her suitors.
ruОна отшила всех своих поклонников.
Mary's captivating eyes made her suitors go mad.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“fFrom Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
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